The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-04
Our Board of Trade.

The Board of Trade for Palatka is now
fully organized and equipped for work
and the weight of its influence will soon
be felt in all the business relations and
financial transactions pertaining to our
city and section. The names which ap-
pear on its roll of membership furnish
sufficient guarantee of its success, and
represent it in all its connection with the
public will speak in advance for the char
acter of the work it will accomplish.
But there is one feature of its
plan as proposed to which we
would direct special attention. 1t
does not contemplate 1cork derOted to
Poldtka alone but will labor as zealously
for the good of all towns whose interests,
by reason of the Improvement of our
transportation facilities and the progress
of the business world. are identical with
those of our city. Palatka cannot help
herself in any way without benefiting
a number of sister towns which cluster
around us in every direction. There
fore, in the good work proposed
we invite the cordial co-opera-
ton and frank advice of the citizens
of Welaka, Seville, Crescent City, Day
tona, Interlachen. Ocala, and all Others
whose needs are similar. We will take
pride and pleasure in laboring for all the
worthy objects which these places are
now proposing for our mutual benefit on
th. of nj r.
State. We will welcome to our roll the
names of business men from all these
places, and the greater the number in
which theseAcome forward the better the
Board will like it and the wider will be
the effect of the good work done. Or the
business interests of each of these towns
can select representative who can be-
come a member of the Board with full
power to speak, act and vote and we can
assure him of courteous attention al
ways and of due weight in all the DELHI
eratIons. The same is true of every agri-
cultural organization, and the protection
of the orange crop is one object proposed
in the inception of the undertaking.
And in particular we would invoke the
aid of the country press. One of
the most prominent members of
the Board said at the last meet
ing: Anything that helped the
railroads and newspapers helped
Florida and every inhabitant of the State,
and these should be literally sustained. "
The obligation thus implied is mutual
and the newspapers have always proved
ready and willing to help forward any
work which promised material advan-
tage or moral elevation to the people.
Let our brethren of the country press use
the power in them vested by common
consent for the good of the whole-let
them urge the representation of then
towns in a body specially organized by
able citizens and interested men for the
good of every toiler of muscle or brain
and every bit of capital, whether repre-,
sented by dollars or education. which
has found n home in our midst. We
sincerely believe that such a representa-
tive body can WELD more direct influence
for the alienation of the evils now
patent to all than is possible for the
Legislature to dot can become focus
of forces emanating from every direc
ton whose concentration will give
strength, and whose representative
character will endow it with a voice that
must be heard by railroad directors
commission merchants, Legislators and
capitalists throughout the country. Let
the people themselves take hold Of the
plan and make il their own.